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  <h1 class="Head">Problems view</h1>
  <p class="Para">The Problems view displays system-generated errors, warnings, or information associated with a
  resource. These are typically produced by builders. For example, if you save a Java source file that contains syntax
  errors, the errors will automatically be logged in this view.</p>
  <p class="Head">By default, the Problems view is included in the Resources perspective. To add it to the current
  perspective, click <a class="command-link" href=
  'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.views.showView(org.eclipse.ui.views.showView.viewId=org.eclipse.ui.views.ProblemView)")'>
  <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="command link"> <b>Window &gt; Show View &gt; Other...
  &gt; General &gt; Problems</b></a>.</p>
  <p class="Head">The following icons are used by the Problems view:</p>
  <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" summary="Icon table">
    <tr>
      <th valign="top" align="center">Icon</th>
      <th valign="top" align="left">Description</th>
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    <tr>
      <td valign="top" align="center"><img src="../images/info_obj.svg" alt=" Information icon" border="0"></td>
      <td valign="top" align="left">Information</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td valign="top" align="center"><img src="../images/warning_obj.svg" alt="Warning icon" border="0"></td>
      <td valign="top" align="left">Warning</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td valign="top" align="center"><img src="../images/quickfix_warning_obj.svg" alt="Warning with quick fix icon"
      border="0"></td>
      <td valign="top" align="left">Warning with quick fix</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td valign="top" align="center"><img src="../images/error_obj.svg" alt="Error icon" border="0"></td>
      <td valign="top" align="left">Error</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td valign="top" align="center"><img src="../images/quickfix_error_obj.svg" alt="Error with quick fix icon"
      border="0"></td>
      <td valign="top" align="left">Error with quick fix</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td valign="top" align="center"><img src="../images/delete_edit.svg" alt="Delete" border="0"></td>
      <td valign="top" align="left">Delete</td>
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    <tr>
      <td valign="top" align="center"><img src="../images/filter_ps.svg" alt="Filter" border="0"></td>
      <td valign="top" align="left">Filter</td>
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  <p class="Head">The first column indicates whether the line item is a task or a compiler generated error, warning or
  info.</p>
  <div class="Subtopic">
    <p class="Para">The Description column contains a description of the line item. You can edit the description of
    user-defined tasks by selecting <b>Properties</b> from the context menu.</p>
  </div>
  <div class="Subtopic">
    <p class="Para">The Resource and Path columns provide the name and location of the resource associated with each
    line item.</p>
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  <p class="Para">The Location column indicates the line number of the line item within its associated resource.</p>
  <h2>Toolbar</h2>
  <p>The toolbar of the Problems view includes the following buttons.</p>
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    <dt>Delete</dt>
    <dd>Delete the selected line item.</dd>
    <dt>Filter</dt>
    <dd>Filter the view according to the type of item.</dd>
  </dl>
  <h2>Menus</h2>
  <p>Click the icon at the left end of the view's title bar to open a menu of items generic to all views. Click the
  upside-down triangle icon to open a menu of items specific to the Problems view. Right-click inside the view to open
  a context menu.</p>
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